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5 unusual facts about Jorma Elo


Connor Walsh

Leading roles created for Walsh include Stanton Welch's ballet Marie (February 2009), Welch's new staging of La Bayadère (February 2010), and Jorma Elo's ballet ONE/end/ONE (May 2011).

Edwaard Liang

He returned to New York City Ballet from 2004-2007 where he danced in ballets by Jorma Elo (Slice to Sharp) and Mauro Bigonzetti (In Vento).

Jorma Elo

At the beginning he worked as a freelancer for a variety of dance companies, but in 2005 he was appointed the Resident Choreographer of Boston Ballet.

A more global approach Elo met in 1990 when he joined Netherlands Dance Theatre where he worked with choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Hans van Manen, Ohad Naharin, and William Forsythe.

The Göteborg Ballet

The Göteborg Ballet currently has works by notable choreographers including: William Forsythe, Jirí Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato, Jorma Elo, Johan Inger, Kenneth Kvarnström, Alexander Ekman, Mats Ek, and Örjan Andersson.


Mikki Kunttu

Kunttu has worked with many prominent dance artists and groups from Finland and abroad, such as Tero Saarinen, Jorma Elo, Jorma Uotinen, Carolyn Carlson, Akram Khan, Jirí Kylián and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.


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